Brain vs computer the challenge of the century is now launched

Contents
Prologue
Preface
Introduction
	Pandora’s Box
	About the Book
Part 1 About Our Brain: How Does It Work?
	Chapter 1 The Biological Hardware (Hardmeat)
		What About the Brain?
			Gray Matter
			White Substance
			Copying the Wiring
		The Basic Cell: The Neuron
			The Constitution
			Biochemical Activation of the Neuron
			Redundancy, Troubles, and Repairs
			Biological, Biochemical, and Electrical Logic
			Transplants
		Methods of Analysis
			Direct Investigations
				EEG and related devices
				X-ray-related methods
				Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
			Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
			Magnetoencephalography (MEG)
			Stimulation Methods
				Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
				Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)
				Pacemakers
			Disturbances in the Normality
			Internal Communication in the Brain
	Chapter 2 The Biological Software (Softmeat)
		From Thales to Freud
			The Greek Philosophy
			Later On
				Nietzsche
				Spinoza and the knowledge
				Kant
			Psychology, Psychoanalysis, and Psychiatry
				Psychology
				Psychoanalysis
				Psychiatry
		The Complexity of the Information Processing
			Neuronal Exchanges — Is It All in the Genome?
			Predeterminism, Randomness, and Necessity
		The Role of the Five Senses
			The Origin of the Exchanges
			Words in the Brain
		The Second States
			Sleep
			Hypnosis
		The Experimental Tests
		Computational Neuroscience
	Chapter 3 Be Aware of Consciousness
		Observed vs Observer
			Consciousness
			Introspection
			Neuropsychology
		Cognitive Organization
			Cognition
			Memory and Oblivion
			About Animals
		Toward the Discovery of Consciousness
			The Trial-and-Error Method
			Troubles Out of Control and Disorders
		The Experimental Means
		Human Logic and Intuition
			Subconscious Consciousness
			The Role of the Words
			Intuition
	Chapter 4 Transcendence
		The Self, The Soul
		Transcendence: Mathematics and Religions
			The Mathematics
				The numbers
				The algebra
			The Early Ages of the Religions
			Nowadays, Modernity
			Neurotheology — The Recess of the Divine?
		Modeling a Brain
			Growing a Brain
			Is Emulating a Brain Thinkable?
		What About the Computer?
			Kurzweil, the Transcendent Man
			Growing AI?
Part 2 Towards an Intelligent Computer
	Chapter 5 The Origin of the Challenge
		From the Transistor to Quantum Logic
			What is the Computer Made Of?
			Binary Logic and Thereafter
			Fuzzy Logic to Smoothen Decisions
			Formal Logic
		Supercomputers
			Supercomputers — What For?
				All-purpose supercomputers
				Brain-devoted computers
			Supercomputers — What Are They Made Of?
			Supercomputers — Who Pays?
				Blue Brain Project (BBP)
				Brain initiative
				Google brain
				Baidu, the Google of China
				The Brain/MINDS project
		Toward Quantum Logic
			Quantum Wells
			Photonics
		The Compatible Artificial Logic
			Brain/Computer Interfaces
			Chips for Brain Simulation
			Biology Turns to Electronics
	Chapter 6 How Does the Computer’s Brain Work?
		From What Comes the Internet?
			The Theory and the tTechno
			Internet, What For?
		Data Centers
			Data Centers Around the World
			Data Centers and Artificial Intelligence
		Internet Search Engines
			The Search Engine Organization
			Ranking Optimization
		Deep Learning
			Machine Learning Algorithms
			Deep Learning and Neural Networks
		Supercomputers
			The Competition
			Cloud Computing
	Chapter 7 Artificial Intelligence
		What is Intelligence?
			What is Intelligence Made Of?
			Intelligence and Communication
			Distributed and Cumulative Intelligence
		What is AI?
			Compartments of AI
			Robotics
			Deep Learning
			What Else?
		Dedicated Intelligent Systems
		Perception Analysis
			Vocal and Facial Recognition
			The Virtual Reality to Come
		Big Data
			Big Data — Why and How?
			Unexpected Results
		The Dangers from AI?
			Who Would Win?
			Some Gathered Personal Opinions
			What Could We Conclude from That?
	Chapter 8 Toward An Intelligent Computer
		Artificial Surroundings
			Virtual and Augmented Reality
			Connected Objects
			The Internet, the Games, and the Social Networks
		Toward a Superior Intellect
			Cognitive Computing
			Watson, the IBM’s Star Story
			Big Data is Coming
		Coming Research Programs
			Supercomputers — What for?
			Neuromorphism
		Brain Transfer?
			A Copycat of the Brain?
			Google Brain?
			How to Train the Computer?
			Would the HLCB have to be Taught
				About Every Human Behavior?
Part 3 How to Make All That Stuff Hold Together
	Chapter 9 The Challenge is Open
		What About the Arts?
		Why is Art the Preferred Domain of the Brain?
			What about the Arts?
			Where Does Inspiration Come From?
			About the Art of Painting
			The Consequences
		About Deep Understanding
			Now, What is on the Road?
			The Painting Computer
			What is the “Predictive” Text?
		What about the Vision of the Philosophers and Forecasters?
			Would Current AI Still be in a Medieval State?
			One are Concerned with Man but the Issue is Men
	Chapter 10 How to Make Man and Computer Cooperate
		How Do We Take Advantage of the Computer?
			Bio–Mineral Interfaces
			The Thought-Driven External Command
			The Internet and the Cloud
			Progresses in Brain Surgery
			How Computer could Benefit from an Improved Knowledge of the Brain?
		Changes are Already Underway
			Computers, Phones and the Like
			Google’s Curiosity
			Virtual Reality / Dialog with the Objects
			Is Changing the Brain and the Mind Underway?
		Androids Already Exist
			About Bots and Androids
			A Robot to Replace Man
			The Humanlike Androids
			All of That has Been Partly Engaged But the Essential Remains Undone
			Biological Cognition
		What to Do, and What For?
			Would the Computer be Able to Reciprocally Control the Brain?
			All of That Has Been Partly Achieved
	Chapter 11 How to Make Man and Computer Cooperate?
		Is Our Brain to Change?
			About the Learning Mechanism
			The Brain Competition
			The Hybrid Thought
		The Biological Copy
			Making a Direct Copy of the Biological
			The Complexity
		Software Brain Emulation
			Low Level Emulation
			Are We Living in a Dream?
			The Virtual Reality of Our World
			Could the Computer Invent a New Model of Brain?
		Androids and Cyborgs
			Androids
			A Mix Man/Machine: The Cyborg
			Is Big Brother Already Here?
			A Bit of Science Fiction
	Chapter 12 Is Transhumanism a Realistic Future?
		Where do We Come from, Where are We Heading to?
			The Place of God in Humanity
			Is God to be Forgotten?
			Trans or Posthumanism?
		The Improved Man
			Longevity and Brain Sustaining
			Brain Enhancement
		Toward a Higher Intelligence?
			Nick Bostrom Emphasizes a World Domination by Machines
			Do We Take Ourselves for God?
			Is the Computer Able to Create Intelligence?
			What to do with Humanity if the Brain is Overcome by AI?
		The Global Brain at a World Scale
			Homo-Googlus and the Hackers
			Brain Hacking
			The Cloud, a Distributed Intelligence
			Global Brain Institute (GBI)
			The Energy
	Chapter 13 A Way for Brain and Computer to Work Together?
		Epidemics: Microbes vs Viruses
		What Especially about the Viruses?
		Previous and Current Viruses’ Epidemics
			The Special Case of COVID-19
		What Can the Brain Bring?
		What Could the Computer Bring?
		The Chinese Model of Crowd Controlling
		Current Damages at the World Scale
Conclusion
	Who is Afraid of the Big Bad Computer?
		The Invasive Computer
		The Global Threat
		The Last, but Assuredly, not the Least Comment